“Here I am, ending my employment, packing house, and moving halfway around the world with my cats, no less, to marry a man from a different culture, different race, different religion, I’d known him online for less than two months, and I’d never met him in person.” — Laurie
You’ll always remember that time when you first see him or her, when you first kissed, and of course the day you say, “I do.”
What if I tell you that Laurie had experienced that in a span of one day? Well, she did. I’m NOT kidding.
My first thought was — she must’ve …read more

I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris
I read this book around 6 years ago. It was heavily popularised by the True Love Waits movement in the Christian community at that time.
I’m not aware if such movement still exists now but I am hoping it still does.
The book helped in establishing and reinforcing several principles in how I view relationships. It gave me a positive outlook on how I should conduct my “lovelife”.
The basically tells the author’s story on how he struggled with the concept of dating, which was prevalent in the American society.

  This is my grandpa and grandma.
When I was very small I spent a great deal of time with them due to my older brother being so ill.
There were so many nights that I’d have my grandma brush my hair and tell me about the time when she and grandpa met.
Grandma was working in an old time fountain shop when a sailor walked in off the street one day. There was no conversation exchanged other than the typical, ordering, paying and leaving. When grandpa walked out the door my grandmother turned to her friend and said, “That’s the man I am going …read more